Comparison

Spools vs Focus Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Spools

Features
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The feed moves fast. What you saw is gone before you know it. Spools helps you keep what matters. Save posts from your feed and turn them into your own personal archive. No more searching, no more losing things you meant to come back to. β–  Save in seconds Quickly capture posts while you scroll. β–  Build your archive Everything you save stays organized and easy to find. β–  Always yours What you save doesn’t disappear. Keep it for as long as you want. Spools turns endless scrolling into something you can actually keep.

About

Focus Timer

Features
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A Pomodoro focus timer for study and work. Block selected apps, settle into cabin white noise and take a virtual flight across Earth. Flight Pomodoro turns completed focus sessions into boarding passes you can collect. Choose your destination, print a ticket and take off when you are ready. FIND A JOURNEY FOR YOUR TIME Pick your departure and destination or discover flights by focus time. Time-scaled mode keeps longer journeys longer. You can also match a session to the estimated flight duration provided for a route. BLOCK DISTRACTIONS, BUILD YOUR CABIN Choose apps to block while you study, work or read. Set the mood with cabin ambience and flight-inspired sounds. App blocking requires Screen Time permission. Haptics are available on supported devices. WATCH YOUR FOCUS CROSS THE EARTH Follow your aircraft over detailed continents, oceans, clouds, day and night. The camera tracks your flight, and you can rotate and zoom the globe to explore. PRINT YOUR BOARDING PASS Start with a paper-printing animation at the top of your device. On iPhones with Dynamic Island, the animation connects to the island. Printing a ticket and starting a flight are separate, so you decide when to take off. COLLECT THE TIME YOU COMPLETED Finished flights become boarding passes in your album. Complete a flight with app blocking maintained to receive your first passport stamp at that arrival airport. Turn the pages and zoom in to explore your collection. KEEP A JOURNAL OF YOUR FOCUS Review focus time, add journey notes and look back on your week. Export your records or save an encrypted backup file to restore later. ONE APP PURCHASE. EVERY FEATURE INCLUDED. No additional in-app purchases or subscriptions. Explore every available destination, keep adding album and passport pages, choose from three album designs, four cabin soundscapes and five app icons, and save your focus environments. Existing users also receive every feature when they update. Each page holds eight items, with new pages added as your collection grows. Flights and boarding passes are virtual experiences for focus. Flight Pomodoro does not issue real airline tickets, book flights or track live airline operations.

Screenshots

Spools3 screens
Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spools at Free against Focus Timer's $2.99. Focus Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Spools is free to download; Focus Timer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spools ships an update monthly, Focus Timer every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Spools versus Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpoolsFocus Timer
PriceFree β€” better$2.99
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS26.018.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopereucaSnapWorks Lab

In-app purchases

None

Spools

No in-app purchases

None

Focus Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spools free?
Spools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spools or Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Spools nor Focus Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spools or Focus Timer?
Spools ships an update monthly, and Focus Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Spools was updated on October 24, 2026 and Focus Timer on October 24, 2026.

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